Worthing council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 11 wards · 12 seats contested

Most seats

Labour Party

Seats contested

across 11 wards

Turnout

36.7%

average of reporting wards

Summary

Party	Seats	+/−	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	9	-1	13,775	46.8%	-1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party	2	-2	9,057	30.8%	-4.7
Green Party	1	+1	3,854	13.1%	+3.5
Liberal Democrats	0	+0	2,562	8.7%	+2.1
Reform UK	0	+0	92	0.3%	—
Heritage Party	0	+0	86	0.3%	—

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party	Candidates	Of a possible 12
Conservative and Unionist Party	12
Green Party	12
Labour Party	12
Liberal Democrats	12
Heritage Party	1
Reform UK	1

A party standing a full slate could field 12 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Broadwater

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Dawn Smith Elected	1,302	57.1%	-1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Diane Guest	627	27.5%	+0.4
Green Party	Kate Orton	181	7.9%	+0.9
Liberal Democrats	John Christopher Apsey	170	7.5%	+0.6
Majority		675
Turnout		34.0%
Registered electors		6,817
Ballots cast		2,279

Labour Party hold

Castle

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Sophie Cox Elected	1,069	50.3%	-7.8
Conservative and Unionist Party	Syed Ahmed	677	31.9%	+0.7
Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Stuart Wiltshire	224	10.5%	-2.3
Green Party	Christopher Smith	154	7.2%	-1.2
Majority		392
Turnout		31.0%
Registered electors		6,905
Ballots cast		2,125

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Central 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Caroline Baxter Elected	1,438	59.8%	-0.7
Labour Party	Odul Bozkurt Elected	1,313	54.6%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Josh Harris	573	23.8%	+0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party	Paisley Thomson	518	21.5%	—
Green Party	Ian Arthur Davey	295	12.3%	+4.2
Green Party	Jo Paul	259	10.8%	—
Liberal Democrats	Christine Beryl Brown	230	9.6%	+3.1
Liberal Democrats	Merlin Jones	140	5.8%	—
Majority		740
Turnout		32.0%
Registered electors		7,615
Ballots cast		2,404

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Gaisford

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Henna Chowdhury Elected	1,503	56.4%	-1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party	Bryan William Turner	717	26.9%	-2.2
Green Party	Stephen Wardle Carleysmith	200	7.5%	+0.1
Liberal Democrats	Mark Andrew Etchells	154	5.8%	-0.4
Reform UK	Edmund John Rooke	92	3.4%	—
Majority		786
Turnout		39.0%
Registered electors		6,945
Ballots cast		2,667

Labour Party hold

Goring

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Green Party	Claire Hunt Elected	1,597	50.4%	+17.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Roy Baraclough	1,104	34.8%	-9.0
Labour Party	Bruce Taylor	369	11.6%	-12.0
Liberal Democrats	Robin Thurston Rogers	95	3.0%	—
Majority		493
Turnout		46.0%
Registered electors		6,859
Ballots cast		3,168

Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Heene

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Helen Abrahams Elected	1,273	56.4%	+2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Christina Shane-Chan	620	27.5%	-8.0
Green Party	Henry Joseph Morin	189	8.4%	-2.7
Liberal Democrats	Trudi Ann Starling	172	7.6%	—
Majority		653
Turnout		34.0%
Registered electors		6,581
Ballots cast		2,258

Labour Party hold

Marine

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Vicki Wells Elected	1,444	52.7%	-0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Peter Hensley	897	32.7%	-5.7
Green Party	Karen Margaret Chilvers	253	9.2%	+1.3
Liberal Democrats	Michael Donin	143	5.2%	—
Majority		547
Turnout		42.0%
Registered electors		6,610
Ballots cast		2,739

Labour Party hold

Offington

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Daniel Humphreys Elected	1,288	53.9%	+0.0
Labour Party	Florence Sanders White	677	28.3%	-5.0
Green Party	Stephen Rhodes	231	9.7%	-3.2
Liberal Democrats	David Kingston	195	8.2%	—
Majority		611
Turnout		37.0%
Registered electors		6,478
Ballots cast		2,391

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Salvington

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Noel Atkins Elected	1,152	46.9%	-5.9
Labour Party	Lysanne Charlotte Skinner	861	35.0%	+0.6
Liberal Democrats	Emma Kate Norton	261	10.6%	—
Green Party	Sonya Lynne Mallin	180	7.3%	-5.4
Majority		291
Turnout		35.0%
Registered electors		7,115
Ballots cast		2,457

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Selden

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Carl Walker Elected	1,368	62.5%	+2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Sarah Louise Blake	503	23.0%	-5.4
Green Party	Clare Ann Marshall	171	7.8%	+1.9
Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Edith Leonard	146	6.7%	+1.3
Majority		865
Turnout		36.0%
Registered electors		6,128
Ballots cast		2,188

Labour Party hold

Tarring

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Hilary Schan Elected	1,158	48.2%	-1.0
Liberal Democrats	lona Harte	632	26.3%	+1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party	Thomas Taylor	381	15.9%	-4.1
Green Party	Karen Elizabeth Brooks	144	6.0%	+0.5
Heritage Party	Arthur Eric Kennard	86	3.6%	—
Majority		526
Turnout		38.0%
Registered electors		6,317
Ballots cast		2,402

Labour Party hold

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